Installing and configuring Maldet

Linux Malware Detect (LMD) or Maldet is a malware scanner for Linux released under the GNU GPLv2 (free, open source) license, that is designed around the threats faced in hosting environments. It uses threat data from network edge intrusion detection systems to extract malware that is actively being used in attacks and generates signatures for detection. In addition, threat data is also derived from user submissions with the LMD checkout feature, threats found on the TCH network of over 30,000 hosted domains and from malware community resources.

To install Maldet

Change the present working directory to /usr/local/src using the command below. You may choose any other directory of your choice, where you want the installation script to be downloaded.

cd /usr/local/src

Run the below command to download the archive file to the present working directory: